The Chesterton girls track team shattered all doubts, creating a bright spot
on a dreary day.

The Trojans smashed Crown Point 95-37 and Michigan City 111-21 during the
Duneland Athletic Conference double dual meet Wednesday night.

“There were nice comebacks in the field events.” Chesterton Coach Steve
Kearney said. “They scored a lot of points today. The team is just inching
forward.”

Chesterton’s top finishers included Katie Behrendt who took top honors in
her four events; long jump (14”6.5), 400 (1:01.3) 200 (27.58) and anchored
the 4x400 relay (4:10.6). Stephanie Fisher also won both of her events, 100
meter hurdles (16.62) and the 300 hurdles (47.84).

“Katie won the long jump and did well in her other events,” Kearney said.
“Everyone else did good in their events and the team is on the verge. We are
already ahead of two conference schools, so that’s great.”

Other individual winners for Chesterton were Anna Raffin in the 100 meter
dash and Tori Schroeder in 800 meter run.

The girls also finished well in the high jump and pole vault competitions.
Chesterton’s Elaina Gerlach and Geena Tumidalsky along with Michigan City’s
DeJania Evens tied for first at 4-8.

First place for pole vaulting was a four-way tie among Trojans Kris Jurtle
and Alexis Mallay, and Crown Point’s Alex Richardson and Katelin Krenzke,
ending with the height of 8-0.

“Our mile runners all had personal records and the two-mile runners had a
good day as well,” Kearney said. “Stephanie Fisher had two great times and
was just one second off the school record in the 300 hurdles.”

The Trojan girls and boys will reunite this Saturday while competing at the
West Lafayette Relays.